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Jerry on the line
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Brenda Seabrooke |
Fourth grader Jerry, latchkey kid and aspiring soccer star, starts an unusual friendship with a younger latchkey kid when she calls his number by accident. |
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Coping with absent parents
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Mary Colson |
Explores the reasons why parents can be absent from everyday family life, the emotional effects this can cause, and how to cope with these situations. |
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I'll Take You to Mrs Cole
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Nigel Gray,Michael Foreman,Wen Zhuge |
Threatened with a visit to Mrs. Cole by his working mother whenever he doesn't get his chores done in her absence, a young boy finally searches out the woman on his own and finds out what "awful" thi… |
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The working parent dilemma
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Earl A. Grollman |
Through interviews and questionnaries the authors provide insights about children whose parents work outside the home. Also provides guides to help the parents prepare their children to the problems … |
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The Sweeneys from 9D
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Ethel Kessler |
The three Sweeney children face their first day at a new school and their first afternoon of taking care of themselves while their mother is at work. |
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How I saved the world on purpose
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Susan Shreve |
Fourth-grader Miranda starts a successful club to take care of latchkey children and finds herself competing with the president of a rival club for publicity and local support. |
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In charge, a complete handbook for kids with working parents
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Kathy S. Kyte |
Advice for children who must take care of themselves in the morning or after school on dealing with organizing of time, fire, first aid, cooking (includes recipes), laundering and mending clothes, an… |
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Véro and Philippe
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Caroline Kim Hatton |
When Mother fires the housekeeper life becomes difficult for the entire Vo family, Vietnamese immigrants to France in 1964, but eight-year-old Véro and her twelve-year-old brother, Philippe, work to… |
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The latchkey mystery
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Margaret Goff Clark |
Eleven-year-old Minda, one of several latchkey children in her neighborhood, forms a group to watch for a burglar who is breaking into empty houses. |
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Is Anybody There?
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Eve Bunting |
After discovering the disappearance of several household items, Marcus, a thirteen-year-old latchkey child, suspects that a stranger may be prowling around inside his house while he's at school and h… |
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